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mb Samba Member
Joined: June 24, 2003 Posts: 237 Location: Nuremberg - hometown of the 1931/-32 Volkswagen Porsche Type 12
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toydude111 Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2002 Posts: 841 Location: So.Cal.
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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I want that car!!!! |
I have seen this pic before in an old VW book of poetry. I would love to find this car. I have also seen a pic of a Hebmuller pedal car, strapped to the back of a real Heb (may have been a radcliff?). Anyone have that pic? _________________ Do you want fries with that? |
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erioco Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2004 Posts: 382 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject: cool Pix |
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I think the photo of the pedal car on the rear of one of the Heb prototypes is of prototype #2.
Eric _________________ Radclyffe Roadster Replica proj based on an April 47 chassis |
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mb Samba Member
Joined: June 24, 2003 Posts: 237 Location: Nuremberg - hometown of the 1931/-32 Volkswagen Porsche Type 12
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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notice the traffic, left site a DKW, in front the beetle and the truck, a great safety clearance
AND see on the speedometer, about 80 km/h, (50 miles)
the nuremberg townpolice
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Scott H Samba Luddite
Joined: August 15, 2003 Posts: 3026 Location: NorthCarolina,USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ Scott
oc92 wrote: |
I like the soul of an old car to be visible... |
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bwaz Samba Member
Joined: August 24, 2004 Posts: 1800
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Some split factory photo's and a nice 25hp
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johnshenry Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2001 Posts: 9391 Location: Northwood, NH USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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That last one looks familiar......
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bwaz Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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no idea what it's origin is? Came in an old photo album |
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buggdude67 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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Minuet wrote: |
This is by far my favorite thread on this site.
Question, what is the split being dipped into in the above photo? |
Someone correct me if I am wrong but I think that is a primer. It looks like the guys in the background are sanding that bug after being dipped. |
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: Re: Cool Pix |
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erioco wrote: |
Ref the 2nd vert shot Called 'A pretty Early Vert'
Picure #18 down.
I think that this is a pre 45 one off vert:
Any body else see anything or have ideas??
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That is definitely a pre-war picture. The people in the cars and some of the spectators are not waving...those are Nazi salutes. |
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erioco Samba Member
Joined: February 05, 2004 Posts: 382 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:31 am Post subject: Cool pix |
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Note on "Very pretty early vert"
I did some checking and this is the V2 prototype that Porsche used, and was redone several times to keep its looks up to the latest prototype. The plate numbers change over time but the car is the same. This picture has to be post may 38 when it got the IIIA 42803 plate. According to Barber, the car was retired in the summer of 1939, but evidently survived to the end of the war??
This was the car that Hitler rode in at the end of the factory dedication ceramony.
Good find on the pic
Eric
PS Barber has a number of shots of the car interior etc in his book "Birth of the Beetle" _________________ Radclyffe Roadster Replica proj based on an April 47 chassis |
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velkke Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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This is an image from a Esso magazine ad from 1960. It does have the feeling of better happier times right ??[img]http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=393307[/img] |
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Anchovy Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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velkke wrote: |
This is an image from a Esso magazine ad from 1960. It does have the feeling of better happier times right?
[img]http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=393307[/img] |
helping hand on the image:
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velkke Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, me Trainee, you Contributor |
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Brezelwerks Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2003 Posts: 1421 Location: Tyngsboro, MA
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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toydude111 wrote: |
toydude111 wrote: |
I want that car!!!! |
I have seen this pic before in an old VW book of poetry. I would love to find this car. I have also seen a pic of a Hebmuller pedal car, strapped to the back of a real Heb (may have been a radcliff?). Anyone have that pic? |
See my avatar. Lost the link to where it came from though, that was a cropped picture as well from a gas station scene.
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Ninamashr Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2005 Posts: 1400 Location: City of Round Rock in the Great State of Texas
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome pics! Am I seeing things or are those vert shells on the 3rd row from the left?
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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Ninamashr wrote: |
Awesome pics! Am I seeing things or are those vert shells on the 3rd row from the left?
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I'll bet you those are sedans waiting for the roof sections to be welded on. |
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splitjunkie Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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That is the pre paint body assembly area where they put the doors, fenders and hoods on and do any gas welding and touch up grinding before the dip in the primer tank. If you look at that one row you will see no or only partial rear quarter panels and no windshield frames. I agree with Ninamashr that these are probably partial bodies either for the Karman or Heb factory's. Another point is that the bodies were were spotwelded together in a large body jig so that is where the tops would be put on, not in this area.
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You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out... Jerry Seinfeld |
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toydude111 Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2002 Posts: 841 Location: So.Cal.
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah Gary. That's the one. I would love to find that pedal car. It would look great in my living room. _________________ Do you want fries with that? |
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johnshenry Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2001 Posts: 9391 Location: Northwood, NH USA
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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splitjunkie wrote: |
79SuperVert wrote: |
Ninamashr wrote: |
Awesome pics! Am I seeing things or are those vert shells on the 3rd row from the left?
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I'll bet you those are sedans waiting for the roof sections to be welded on. |
That is the pre paint body assembly area where they put the doors, fenders and hoods on and do any gas welding and touch up grinding before the dip in the primer tank. If you look at that one row you will see no or only partial rear quarter panels and no windshield frames. I agree with Ninamashr that these are probably partial bodies either for the Karman or Heb factory's. Another point is that the bodies were were spotwelded together in a large body jig so that is where the tops would be put on, not in this area.
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Yes and they have fenders on them. I can't imagine they would put fenders on before welding the roof sections on. I think they are being prepped for shipment to either a Kab or a Heb line.... _________________ John Henry
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